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Al-Rajraji (Umar ibn Muhammad)

الرجراجي (عمر بن محمد)

Umar ibn Muhammad, Abu Ali and Abu Hafs, al-Rajraji al-Fasi, a Maliki jurist. Ibn Ghazi called him a righteous shaykh whose learning and piety were agreed; al-Sakhawi called him the imam of the Andalusian mosque in Fes, mostly known for asceticism and scrupulousness, and foremost in fiqh. He studied with several Fes teachers, including Abu Imran al-Abdusi, al-Qabbab and the blind al-Wanghili, the mufti of Fes, and was studied with by Ibn al-Khatib al-Qasantini and Ibn Allal al-Masmudi. The header gives 810 AH with a question mark. 1

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Roles
Jurist
Counted among
Sunni (Maliki)
Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Maghreb
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Summary

Umar ibn Muhammad, Abu Ali and Abu Hafs, al-Rajraji al-Fasi, a Maliki jurist. 1 Ibn Ghazi called him a righteous shaykh whose learning and piety were agreed; al-Sakhawi called him the imam of the Andalusian mosque in Fes, known for asceticism and scrupulousness and foremost in fiqh. 1 He studied with Abu Imran al-Abdusi, al-Qabbab and al-Wanghili, and Ibn al-Khatib al-Qasantini and Ibn Allal al-Masmudi studied with him.

Sources

  1. al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.15817
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